Killian had been silent most of the time. He wasn't sure what to say, and he only found his voice as he was being dragged away.
"It's like the battle field has come home," he said, his eyes widening in disbelief. "Solita, be careful where you step. The mages aren't the only one's causing these explosions." Though why were the knights using black powder bombs on home ground?This was crazy, everything was crazy, and as they wound their way through the smoke, Killian nearly tripped over one of the wounded men.
"G-General Serenus!" he stammered, his eyes going wide as he peered down at the gaping, bloodied wound in the man's gut.
The General looked up, and despite the wound, the man was smiling.
"The mages are getting away, but we will not let them harm the city any more than they've been. You there, I see you are unarmed. Take my sword and go after them."
Killian felt numb by his words,a nd was never a man to disobey orders, especially from a man so high up in command, but slowly he found himself shaking his head before sputtering, "But G-General.. you're bleeding!"
The General laughed and lifted himself up a bit off of the grass.
"That I am.I can see it and feel it boy, what of it? Do not all soldiers bleed? But now is not the time to worry about wounds. The mages are breaking into the prison, and some very dangerous mages are being kept int here that have yet to be transported up North, to the camps. We can't let them get out, or this battle will only get worse."
And for a brief moment, Killian froze, uncertain what to do. The General assumed his hesitation was due to the fact there was a girl beside him.
"You girl, what are you doing here? This place is unsafe. Soldier," he shot a sharp gaze towards Killian. "You, of all people in this city know it's unwise to drag a woman here near the prisons. Have her follow the wall and stay out of the way This is now a battle sight, this is war! And no one is safe, not even you, child," and he gestured towards Solita, and it was only then he noticed she wore the mark of the mage.
"But General..."
"But nothing, that's an order, solider!"
BUt could he really just let the General die like this!?